God is love ,some think that is all He is.The scriptures teach He is a loving God.He is also a God of wrath.
Remember in leviticus 10 :2 , fire came from the lord and destoryed Nadab and Abihu.He also rained fire from Heaven and destoryed sodom.There is more of such.
God, in love , offer salvation to all men.It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
1 corinthians 1 :12b "For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased to save those who believe through the nonsense of our preaching"
After the word is given ,the Holy Spirit calls and man rejects.God is under no further obligation.Understand ,it is impossible to be saved without the conviction of the Holy spirit.The Holy spirt will convict in other to turn your mind and thinking pattern to submission.
John 6 :44 "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him to life on the last day."
After the Holy spirit conviction ,some want to wait,put off , delay but they might wait too long.
We are considering five -point sub -themes .Namely
A.Man had become desperately wicked
B .Three times Jeremiah was told not pray for people
C.Ephraim was given over to idols
D.Herod was brought to conviction by the dynamic preaching of John
E.Some people procrastinate
Man has no time for God.A lot a busy doing their things.He laughed ,scoffed,mocked,refused God's offer.But the time came,Noah's last sermon was preached and God kept His word.
God told Jeremiah in three different times not to pray for people.
Jeremiah 7:16(13-18)
Jeremiah 11:14(13-16)
Jeremiah 14:11(10-12)
So watch out and be very careful please.
Hosea 4:17
Isreal had blackslidden.God gave Ephraim up because he had joined to idols.
Herod was brought to conviction by dynamic preach of John ,but refused salvation.
Conviction came , followed by the crisis and consequences.This is the spiritual sequence :God pity the man that has come to the place of no repentance.
Jesus said ,Ye shall seek me, and shall find me : and where l am , thither ye cannot come!
If any man sees his brother sin, a sin which is not unto death , he shall ask and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death.There is a sin unto death .I do not say that he say that he shall pray for it.
Some people procrastinate and think they can come to Jesus any time.This you cannot be sure of. Seek ye the lord while He may be found.
